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seminal

🇬🇧 UK/'seminl/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Highly influential and providing a basis for future development; of or relating to seed or semen.

开创性的,奠基性的;与精液或种子有关的

n.

A seed.

种子

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
seminseed, sow
+
alrelating to, having the nature of
=seminal

Common Collocations

  • 1.seminal work奠基性著作
  • 2.seminal paper开创性论文
  • 3.seminal moment里程碑式时刻
  • 4.seminal influence深远影响

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Darwin's seminal work on evolution transformed our understanding of life on Earth.

  • 2.

    The conference proved to be a seminal moment in the history of modern computing.

  • 3.

    Her seminal paper on neural networks laid the groundwork for decades of research.

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